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2 days ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Hannah Miet |Sibley Fleming |Beth Mattson-Teig
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Planetary Health is poised to host the inaugural event of the 2025 Planetary Health Cities Symposium in Washington, D.C., on June 16. This event aims to address the urgent challenges posed by the degradation of Earth’s natural systems and the impact on human health and well-being.
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1 month ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Ben Johnson |Beth Mattson-Teig |Ron Nyren
Husband and wife architectural team Hans and Torrey Butzer were living in Berlin, Germany, in late 1996 when a contest in Progressive Architecture magazine caught their attention. The competition called for designing a memorial to the victims of the tragic bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
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1 month ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Beth Mattson-Teig |Jack Skelley |Brett Widness
TeamLHBK from the University of Cambridge in the UK has been named the winner of the sixth annual ULI Hines Student Competition—Europe. The jury’s decision was announced by ULI and Hines, the global real estate investor, developer and manager, following a two-day in person final held at Hines’ European headquarters, “Grainhouse” in London. Six diverse multidisciplinary teams representing various universities and business schools from across the region participated in the competition final.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Brett Widness |Beth Mattson-Teig
From the November/December Issue of Urban Land 2014: A ULI Advisory Service panel made recommendations about the future use and preservation of Houston’s Astrodome, among the first indoor sports facilities in the world.
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2 months ago | 
urbanland.uli.org | Bendix Anderson |Beth Mattson-Teig
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is experiencing increased flooding of local streets, even without major rain events or high winds, and residents are demanding answers. While many are calling on the city to elevate certain streets above the floodplain, ULI experts caution this is the least desirable solution because it can have severe negative consequences on nearby homes and businesses.
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Mar 3, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig
Most decarbonization efforts across the real estate industry have been centered on operational carbon—understandably so, given that 28 percent of global emissions come from building use. Private and public investment has been focused on energy efficiency measures, on-site renewables and “greening” of the energy grids. Although there is still a way to go, the sector’s approach to tracking and reducing operational carbon is fairly well-established.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Peter B. Madrid |Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig |Michele Lerner
A common thread weaving through the business of arts and culture, the reimagining of master-planned communities, cutting-edge data centers, advanced lab spaces, and the new breed of elite hotels is clear: a commitment to sustainability, innovation, and economic vitality and impact. These dynamic topics were front and center at the 20th Annual Trends Day, where industry leaders gathered to discuss the present and look to Arizona’s future.
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Feb 27, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig |Michele Lerner
October 1970: In a story titled “Computerized Cash Flow Analysis: A New Way to Evaluate Cash Project Feasibility,” the authors, John Hysom and Charles Juengling write, “In land development, cash flow has always been an important factor. In 1970, however, with both long-term and short-term financing at record interest levels, it has now become imperative that buildings and developers have as accurate a projection of cash flows, expenses and income as possible.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Aditya Sanghvi |James Patchett |Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig
Business and political leaders are quick to celebrate mixed-use developments as a way to build sustainable, vibrant, and resilient communities. The journey from conception to ribbon-cutting can be daunting, though. At their outset, these developments face cyclical challenges, such as high interest rates, increased construction costs, labor shortages, and access to capital.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
urbanland.uli.org | Lindsay Brugger |Ron Nyren |Beth Mattson-Teig |Lucy Scott
Property owners face reduced net operating incomes as insurers raise premiums, modify terms and conditions, enact stricter underwriting protocols, impose higher deductibles, and reduce coverage. In some cases, the inability to secure adequate coverage that satisfies lender requirements is causing transactions to stall and property valuations to decline.
